Health Academy Kastamonu covers clinical and experimental original articles, reviews, case reports, video recordings, image designs and studies on multidisciplinary fields related to medicine, social and health sciences. The aim of the journal is to publish articles related to medicine, health sciences and social fields that concern health, as well as to provide an environment for different publications such as video recording/health-related artistic designs, in addition to articles, where multidisciplinary studies related to health can be published. In the articles it publishes, the journal seeks to comply with the relevant ethical rules and scientific standards, and not to have commercial concerns. The journal aims to complete the processes of the submitted articles as soon as possible, regardless of the number of articles waiting for publication.
In the journal
Pathophysiology, Physiotherapy, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiology, Geriatrics, Nursing, Internal Medicine Nursing, Surgical Nursing, Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing, Public Health Nursing, Nursing Education, Fundamentals of Nursing, Nursing Management, Psychiatric Nursing, Midwifery, Nutrition and Dietetics, Speech and Language Therapy, Audiology, Toxicology, CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear), Health Informatics, Health Economics, Health Physics, Health Management, and other fields intersecting with any of these (e.g., health physics, artificial intelligence in healthcare, etc.)
Original researches, review articles, case reports, video recordings and artistic works are published. Health Academy Kastamonu aims to be a journal where multidisciplinary studies can be published in the intersection of medicine, health and social sciences, and also includes articles specific to disciplines. Submitted scientific articles should not have been published anywhere before and should not be under review in another journal for publication. Scientific articles that are not prepared in accordance with the publication rules are not taken into consideration.
The reporting guidelines approved by the journal are listed below:
- Observational, cohort, case-control and cross-sectional studies: STROBE (http://www.strobe-statement.org/)
- Qualitative studies: COREQ http://cdn.elsevier.com/promis_misc/ISSM_COREQ_Checklist.pdf
- Quasi-experimental/non-randomized trials: TREND https://www.cdc.gov/trendstatement/index.html
- Randomized (and semi-randomized) controlled trials: CONSORT( http://www.consort-statement.org/Media/Default/Downloads/Translations/Turkish_tr/Turkish%20CONSORT%20Statement.pdf
- Diagnostic Accuracy-Assessment Scale Study: STARD https://www.turkiyeklinikleri.com/article/tr-stard-2015-kriterlerin-turkce-uyarlamasi-tani-dogrulugu-calismalarinin-raporkazansi-icin-bir-kilavuz-85106.html
- Systematic review and meta-analyses: PRISMA http://prisma-statement.org/documents/PRISMA%20Turkish%20checklist.pdf
- Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology: MOOSE https://www.elsevier.com/__data/promis_misc/ISSM_MOOSE_Checklist.pdf
- Quality improvement efforts: SQUIRE : http://squire-statement.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&PageID=471
prisma-statement.org/documents/PRISMA%20Turkish%20checklist.pdf
- Epidemiyolojide Gözlemsel Çalışmaların Meta Analizi: MOOSE https://www.elsevier.com/__data/promis_misc/ISSM_MOOSE_Checklist.pdf
- Kalite iyileştirme çabaları: SQUIRE : http://squire-statement.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&PageID=471